Pain management is very crucial in nursing care. However due to lack of overall understanding, pain management by health professional is scarce. Therefore, knowledge and attitude of nurses towards effective management of pain in care post-operative care is pertinent. The effectiveness of postoperative nursing care is a basic part of a healthcare worker. The type of post-operative management emphasized in this article consists of the pain assessment and pain management by pharmacological and non-pharmacological tools. Post-operative follow-up care is required to alleviate pain and restore knee features and functions. The primary duty of nurses in postoperative care is to acknowledge preparation and implement suitable treatment. This article aims to provide information on increasing nurses’ knowledge in managing pain for post-operative care of Total Knee Replacement. Searches were performed by using electronic database for full text article in English language, original article published between 2000 and 2021. The database includes Springer, PubMed, British Medical Journal, Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, SAGE Pub and ProQuest.
The prevalence of anaemia amongst pregnant women in developing countries is increasing yearly, particularly in Malaysia. This problem may be due to their lack of knowledge of anaemia and food choice. This study aimed to measure the knowledge levels on anaemia and iron absorption amongst pregnant women in Kuala Terengganu, as well as the association of knowledge levels between socio-demographic characteristics. Pregnant women were selected from government health clinics located in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. A total of 71 pregnant women aged between 18 and 44 years participated in the study. They self-administered the socio-demographic form and the knowledge questionnaire. Overall, they had moderate knowledge level with mean score of 57.41 ± 4.80. A significant association was found between knowledge level and monthly household income (p<0.05). Meanwhile, no significant association was found between knowledge level with socio-demographic characteristics (age, gravida, occupation, husband’s occupation, and education level) (p>0.05). This study provided an early insight into knowledge of anaemia amongst pregnant women in Kuala Terengganu. Educational intervention should be implemented to increase and improve pregnant women’s knowledge of anaemia and iron absorption.
The aim of this study is to measure the reliability and validity of the Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit (FS-ICU) Malay language version of family member’s satisfaction with care (19 items) during their stay at the intensive care units. A cross sectional study was conducted among 196 respondents. The self-administered FS-ICU comprises of three domains with a total of 19 items. Descriptive analysis, Cronbach’s alpha and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) were performed on the Malay language version of FS-ICU. The final model EFA on the Malay language version of the FS-ICU indicated Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity was significant (Chi Square= 2321.013, p value <0.000) and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) was 0.878. The EFA procedure has grouped 19 items into three domains, whereby one of the items from domain 3 was deleted since it failed to achieve the minimum requirement for factor loading of 0.6 and only 18 items were retained. The Cronbach’s alpha analysis of each domain in the FS-ICU exceeded the threshold value of 0.6. The study concluded that the instruments measuring the construct in this study has achieved the internal validity. Keywords: validity, reliability, exploratory factor analysis, FS-ICU-M, satisfaction, family members
In admissions to the intensive care unit (ICU), there is a high possibility of a life-threatening condition and possible emotional distress for family members. When the family is distressed and hospitalized, a significant level of stress and anxiety will be generated among family members, thereby decreasing their ability to make responsible decisions. As a result, the family members need full and up-to-date details, helping them to retain hope, and this contributes to lower stress levels. While there is growing evidence of the effectiveness of shared decision-making for family members who are directly involved in decisions, particularly regarding shared decision-making in the Malaysian context, there is less evidence that supported decisions help overall outcome. This study aims to developing the family satisfaction with decision making in the Intensive Care Unit (FS-ICU)-33 Malay language version of family member’s satisfaction with care and decision making during their stay at the intensive care units. A quantitative, cross-sectional validation study and purposive sampling was conducted from 1st November 2017 and 10 October 2018 to January 2020 among 208 of family members. The family members of the ICU patients involved in this study had an excellent satisfaction level with service care. Higher satisfaction in ICU care resulting in higher decision-making satisfaction and vice versa.
Background family satisfaction care and decision making as important indicator to evaluate the quality of care in intensive care unit. The family satisfaction in the ICU questionnaire (FS-ICU 33 Malay languages) is a well-established tool to assess satisfaction in such settings. ICU admission has many implications, for example, the effects on critically ill patients, the ICU setting, the role of health care staff and family members, communication, psychology of families and physical health. Thus, this study we tested the hypothesis that examined effects of gender, age, relationship, marital status, education level, race and occupation can attribute on family satisfaction care and decision making. Two hundred and eight respondents selected from the Public Hospital Terengganu completed the Family satisfaction ICU Malay languages questionnaire (FS-ICU-M). A quantitative, cross-sectional study and purposive sampling was conducted from 10 October 2018 to January 2020. In this study conclude that the ICU-Care satisfaction score was significantly associated with age, education level, occupation, and the relationship of the respondents (p<0.05), but not associated with the gender, race, and marital status of the respondents. Moreover, the ICU-DM satisfaction score was significantly associated with age, marital status, occupation, and the relationship of the respondents (p<0.05), but not associated with the gender, race, and education level of the respondents.
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